Symphony No 2 Allegro con fuoco preview

Thought I would share a preview of what I am working on now and had enough of chunk of it to make a listen worthwhile. It is the opening movement of Symphony No. 2. Never mind that the completion of Symphony No. 1 has been put on hold for this...it just sort of took off. The orchestral timbres are a bit different for this symphony. I have 2 piccolos instead of flutes, English horns replacing oboes and bass clarinet and counterbassoon filling in for their brighter counterparts. If I work solely on this I maybe at it for another 4 weeks before I can complete it, so here is a little teaser.

It appears it will be a monothematic movement thus alterations in mood and tempo to diversify the subthemes and variants seemed necessary. The motif comes rushing loudly out of the gates on the trumpets. You can't miss it. After a variegated development a climax ensues and the 2nd subject (as it were) is the motif recast as a tender melody contrapuntally explored between cellos and violins, then passed to the brass and winds. Just when there is a relaxing lull, the opening tempo returns, notice it feels like it should be the opening motif, but it is still actually the lyrical variant cast in a more strident role. Sorry for the abrupt ending. That's as far as I got last night.
Stay tuned.